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/Sounds like "KAHN" (as in "car") + "chah" (as in "chat")/

Meaning

Toasted, crunchy corn kernels eaten as a salty snack in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador. From the Quechua word for toasted corn, cancha is the ancestral companion to ceviche and one of the most satisfying things you can munch on between meals.

Examples

Cancha with ceviche is the perfect combo, never fails.

Grab some cancha for the movies, it is the best snack.

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Regional synonyms

A knife or blade, especially one carried in rough street contexts in Colombia. "Rula" is street-level vocabulary for a weapon that nobody wants to see come out. Part of the urban Colombian slang world tied to barrio culture.